Victims hand out leaflets at Cathedral

AUSTRALIA
SNAP Australia

WHAT
Handing out fliers to Catholics as they leave mass, child sex abuse victims will urge
–anyone who suffered, witnessed or suspects child abuse in institutional settings to “come forward, get help, and start healing,” and
–contact law enforcement officials “so that kids can be safer and cover ups can be exposed.”

WHEN
Sunday, November 25 at 11:45 a.m.

WHERE
Outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Gisborne St and Cathedral Place, in Melbourne

WHO
Three or four members of an international support group called SNAP (the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) including an American woman who is the organization’s president and founder and who has spent time in 12 nations dealing with the Catholic church’s abuse & cover up crisis

WHY
Over the past 24 years, members of SNAP have found that public outreach efforts encouraging child sex abuse victims to step forward can be effective. Now that the Catholic church abuse and cover up crisis is attracting more public attention in Australia, SNAP is strongly urging those with information or suspicions about clergy sex crimes to speak up.

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